March 2010

The Future of Advertising

by Jeff Weisbein March 31, 2010
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Advertising on the web has been rather stagnant over the past five years or so – not many new innovations have been made.  It’s safe to say we are pretty much passed the annoying pop-up/under ads (on most legitimate sites, at least) and seizure causing banner ads stage of the game.  However, for the most [...]

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How To: Get Better Search Engine Rankings

by Mike Mansell March 31, 2010
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As we’ve previously discussed, having a website (and vanity email accounts) plays a key role in your businesses’ professional appearance, and ultimately the number of leads you get and sales you make.  But, having a website is no good unless people can find it.  This is where search engines, Google being the largest and most [...]

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Review: The Digg iPhone App

by Kevin Nunez March 30, 2010
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It’s finally here: the Digg iPhone App [iTunes Link] was released the other day. There has been a lot of hype over it, to the point where some companies are giving away iPads celebrating the release of the Digg app. I usually don’t use Digg – as a matter of fact I didn’t get a [...]

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How To: Control Who Can See What’s on Your Facebook Profile

by Mike Mansell March 29, 2010
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With over three-hundred and fifty million users, there is no doubt that Facebook is a huge useful social networking tool.  I personally find that Facebook makes it incredibly easy to keep in touch with friends and colleagues alike.  Thus, it is no surprise that many of Facebook’s users intentionally share a wealth of information via [...]

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The iPad Has Huge Potential

by Jeff Weisbein March 29, 2010
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While the iPad may have sounded like a dud originally, it certainly is selling very well – certainly better then expected by many.  9to5Mac is estimating around a half-million iPad have sold so far.  This is excellent news not only for Apple but for the companies who are investing a lot of time and money [...]

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How To: Setup Opera Unite

by Mike Mansell March 27, 2010
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Previously, I’ve discussed setting up a home server, and making the contents of that server available remotely through the LogMeIn Hamachi service.  The problem with this type of solution is that it often becomes inaccessible to users trying to access it behind corporate or school firewalls.  Additionally, Hamachi requires you to install software in order [...]

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How To: Use Gmail for Multiple Email Accounts

by Mike Mansell March 27, 2010
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Google’s email service, Gmail, is a truly awesome email service.  With its revolutionary spam filters, message sorting, conversation grouping, and integrated Google Talk client, Gmail has quickly become my favorite email platform.  However, I have several additional email accounts that I use for various other projects and organizations (work, school, personal webpages, etc).  I even [...]

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Final Fantasy XIII Review: Will There Ever Be A “Final Fantasy”?

by Adam Landreneau March 27, 2010
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Just over two weeks ago from today, a new installment from one of the largest video game franchises of all time got release. That would be the highly anticipated Final Fantasy XIII for the Xbox 360 and the PS3. I have played some of the Final Fantasy games in the past, but never really got [...]

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Why Is Getting In Contact With Web Companies So Difficult?

by Jeff Weisbein March 26, 2010
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It’s a task which may be harder then you ever expected, but getting in contact with numerous web companies both small and large can be an extremely daunting if not impossible task.  Ever try and call Google for tech support?  What about Facebook?  Or even Twitter?  Up until recently, Google did not provide phone support [...]

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DreamSpark Gives Students Free Microsoft Developer Software

by Mike Mansell March 24, 2010
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Microsoft’s “DreamSpark” is a branch of Microsoft’s MSDN (Microsoft Developer Network).   This program not only provides a wonderful community to allow students to share and gain software and developing knowledge from one-another, but it also gives students access to a wide variety of Microsoft developer-level software.  This software, which is provided at no cost to [...]

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